We have been invited to contribute to the HEFCE call for evidence on what should and shouldn't be included in the KEF metrics. This is our opportunity to contribute to the KEF at an early stage and before it is introduced. If you would rather not answer the specific questions set, but would like your thoughts to contribute to our response, please use question 7. The deadline for responses is Wednesday 24 January.

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* 1. Please enter your details

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* 2. What approaches and data need to be used to ensure a fair and meaningful comparison between different universities, taking into account factors that might impact individual institution's knowledge exchange performance (such as research income, size or local economic conditions), whilst allowing identification or relative performance?

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* 3. How should benchmarking be used?

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* 4. Other than HE-BCI survey data, what other existing sources of data could be used to inform a framework, and how should it be used?

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* 5. What new (or not currently collected) data might be useful to such a framework?

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* 6. How should KEF metrics be visualised to ensure they are simple, transparent and useful to a non-specialist audience?

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* 7. Do you have any other comments regarding the KEF metrics?

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